episode_0101

“Wow, it’s been a long time since we met, so there’s no reason to cry like that. I get hurt by my delicate heart.”

“Ah… Ah…!”

It was my first time seeing a dragon other than Arjen in person. However, despite my sentiments, I was more concerned that Arjen’s condition did not look very good.

“I guess I should return this first. Take it.”

The dragon threw what it was holding in this direction. It was a human shape that was thrown as if playing catch. Instead of Arjen, who was still panicking, I caught the flying person.

“Wayne!?”

The identity of the person who received Sirocco’s power without any shock was none other than Wayne. There was no visible trauma, but he was unable to come to his senses.

“Wayne, are you okay? Come to your senses!”

“I also fainted. Well, I wasn’t particularly considerate when flying. If he were an ordinary human being, he wouldn’t have been left with a perfectly fine appearance, but after all, he’s a hero.”

I couldn’t bear to refute it and gritted my teeth. Rather than saying I was scared, I felt like my mind still couldn’t keep up with the situation properly. I couldn’t quite understand the situation where the dragon suddenly appeared and was friendly to Arjen and threw Wayne away.

“Arjen, come here.”

One thing is certain: the entity in front of us poses a clear threat to Arjen. There is no need to turn your head. Anyone with eyes can tell.

“A human male. So then, you must be Arjen’s favorite doll? I’ve been studying in my own way since coming here.”

As the dragon said that, his form collapsed. The dragon took on the appearance of a human, with the appearance of being enveloped in a dark curtain.

“Oh…!”

And as soon as I saw his face, a memory from beyond that had been sleeping in my head came to mind. That was the dark past that I glimpsed deep within her when she first became one with Arjen.

“Huh? The hostility suddenly seems to be rising like crazy. What’s going on?”

It looked exactly like the man who had mercilessly abused Arjen, who looked much younger than he was now.

“You…are…!”

“You’re reacting as if you’ve seen me somewhere before. Actually, this is my first time meeting you.”

He said that and stretched out his right hand forward.

“Then, should I just say hello?”

Kaang!

At the same time, the magic of the necklace hanging around my neck activated. Magic that protects the body from external shocks. Although it could not be confirmed with the naked eye, the man had attacked.

“Hmm…? It’s quite an elaborate magic. How, is it going to react at a speed higher than this?”

He increased his speed one more time and took a stance to attack in earnest, as if he was planning to attack. Considering that the necklace could not respond to Arjen’s attack during the incident when I went out without permission and my leg was cut off, it was an obvious crisis situation.

“Sirocco!”

“Yes! Eugene!”

Of course, unlike then, I now have strength. Just by calling my name, the power of the spirit, which received my intention without delay and carried it out, eventually became a strong wind and created the blade of a storm.

“Oh my.”

My opponent also seemed slightly embarrassed by my sudden counterattack and took a step back, blocking all of Sirocco’s winds with a shield similar to my necklace.

“If I had ignored it and caught it with my body, it would have been a bit painful. I guess it’s not an ordinary spirit?”

“And this is no ordinary bow.”

“Huh?”

I took out the World Tree’s bow and aimed it at him. Because I had practiced countless times, I was literally able to prepare, aim, and fire in an instant.

Whiiing!

Unlike the ones I used when practicing, I made arrows with Sirocco’s wind. I’ve never tried it because I thought it was too powerful for practice, but Scirocco executed the arrow exactly as I intended.

Skin!

The arrow that left the demonstration literally became the wind and flew towards the target. Just like when practicing, it hit the opponent’s vital spot exactly without any error.

“What!?”

The arrow that had literally torn apart Sirocco’s wind-blocking shield like a piece of paper pierced the humanized dragon’s neck. The enemy’s body fell to the floor with the sound of the wind being knocked out, without even making a proper scream.

“…This can’t be the end.”

Self-objectification is quite evident. Even with the World Tree’s bow and Sirocco’s Wind, there was no way it could take down the dragon, who was as strong as Arjen, with just one attack. Sure enough, the corpse that had clearly fallen after being hit by an arrow turned into a black liquid like tar and disappeared as it seeped into the ground.

“Oh my, it was a good thing I had a substitute hitter just in case.”

The place where he reappeared with his relaxed voice was none other than behind me. I immediately took advantage of Sirocco’s wind and left the place with Arjen. Since the opponent was not pushed away by the wind, he displayed his wits and agility.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

Of course, the problem is that even if I do my best, I don’t always get the best results. In that brief moment, the person who chased me and took an aggressive stance was smiling a very mean smile.

‘Die…!’

After signing a contract with Sirocco and obtaining a bow, his attack power increased significantly, but his defense power was not much different from when he was on Earth, except for the necklace Arjen gave him. No matter how much you train your body, if you get shot, it’s the same as dying the same way.

Wow!

I closed my eyes tightly in anticipation of my expected death, but I remained conscious longer than I thought. When I slightly opened my eyes to see what was happening, I saw that Arjen had grabbed the enemy’s arm and blocked the attack.

“Ah, Arzen….”

I called her name to see if she had come to her senses out of panic, but she didn’t respond at all. After a moment of silence, what she muttered softly was a warning filled with sticky anger.

“Don’t touch my Eugene… you damn bastard…!”

“Aha, that person’s name was Eugene. From the outside, all I heard was that she was your pet doll. Should I introduce myself about how this happened? My name is Akasha…”

Despite being grabbed by the arm by Arzen and exposed to a huge amount of negative emotions, the dragon named Akasha, who behaved calmly and weakly, was unable to open her mouth after that.

Quang!

Because Arjen’s fist sent him flying far away. He disappeared into the sky in an instant, and all he left behind was one arm, which was still being held by Arjen.

“Haa…haa….”

Arjen, who had been hit by Akasha, was trembling and shaking with nothing to do but his hands and irons. It seemed that the fear caused by the trauma had not completely subsided.

“What about that dragon….”

I know that he is the one who created Arjen’s dark past. However, there were still so many unknown things, such as the motive for doing such a thing or the reason for coming back now.

“This is not the time to be like this… You have to run away, Eugene…”

“I have to run away…?”

Just for a little while. It was a short clash where it was difficult to say that they gave or received a sum, but it didn’t really give the impression that Arjen was weaker than him. Nevertheless, I thought that the reason she was so scared was because the trauma from her past played a bigger role than she thought.

Yes, until now.

“Haha, there’s nothing I can’t say to my mother-in-law whom I haven’t seen in a long time.”

“…What?”

I couldn’t help but be shocked by his words as he appeared in front of Rare once again with his clearly severed arm completely restored.

‘I thought it wasn’t an ordinary relationship… but a relative?’

For a moment, I wondered if the sight I had seen a long time ago was really in vain. With common sense, he couldn’t accept that there was an uncle who treated his niece like that.

“Anyway, I won’t miss it this time. Let’s go back to those fun times.”

“Hiik…!”

However, after being dazed for a while, Akasha’s nonsense brought me to my senses. I think I’m talking about the memories of Arjen I read, but there’s no way that was fun.

“Whoever wants to do it?”

I answered on behalf of Arjen, who fell into panic again when I reminded him of the past. Of course, not with words, but with arrows.

“Ha, I was distracted earlier. If you prepare, there is nothing you can’t block, even a spirit bow.”

As soon as the bowstring was released, a large magic circle appeared around Akasha. I don’t know much about magic, but I could figure it out by reading the flow of mana. All of those countless magic circles constitute a layered defense shield in front of Akasha.

And I don’t know why I’m so confident, but it’s actually me who should be snorting right now.

“Ha.”

Squeeze!

“Uh…?”

Once again, Sirocco’s wind-filled arrow left the World Tree’s bow, instantly shattering all the barriers that Akasha had put up with great effort, and piercing his left shoulder. The horse pierced through, but the aftereffects of the attack were so significant that the left arm and torso were cleanly separated.

“Kaaak!”

Akasha’s scream follows later. He was sweating profusely and sneered at me as if he had realized something.

“Hehe… That bow isn’t the spirit’s bow…!”

“…….”

I remained silent. There was no reason to reveal his identity to the enemy, but it was also because of the shock of missing the arrow that was clearly aimed at his heart. Considering that he had never missed the target before, it seemed like Akasha’s magic had definitely affected the arrow, even if it had been destroyed.

“It’s too late to realize it now.”

I immediately prepared the next attack before he could make any countermeasures. Until the third arrow left the field, all I could think about was how quickly I wanted to get rid of that unpleasant being from Arjen’s sight.